Category Archives: Wool

Today the postman brought the first parcel with some things for Pakistan: Two gorgeous, beautifully-knitted hats from Wendoline on Ravelry (accompanied by some rather splendid Wensleydales!).  Thank you ever so much, Wend!

There I was thinking its time to bake another cake (I usually bake an apple cake at the weekend); I had been pondering trying a different cake (any suggestions welcome). However I then saw a bowl of carrots that Cecilia … Continue reading →

I don’t much enjoy the clocks going back – mostly because I get very hungry!  It suddenly seems such a long wait between rushing around doing the evening outdoor jobs and Graham getting home so we can have dinner.  However, … Continue reading →

I’d love to say I’m such a Super-Knitter that I whisked this one up last night… But that would be a fib! I love my Work-in-Progress Box!!!  This is a large chest which lives in the sitting room and in … Continue reading →

I’ve been mustering my thoughts & photos for a nice, long What-I-Did-On-My-Holidays post, but events which have been so far running rather vaguely in parallel universes (accounts…tax return…Woolfest stall applications…forthcoming exhibition…commissions…) have converged.  I have realised with horror that it … Continue reading →

I have a poor sense of smell.  Actually, “poor” is the wrong word.  “Silly” is better.

The poor old Timber Top has been alternating between Broken and Mended as often as The Drum in the Discworld books this summer.  However, I’m delighted to announce that It Is Now Mended.   Its new tensioner handle arrived very swiftly … Continue reading →

Well, actually, it’s the wool I’d forgotten to take a picture of in August.  The Fine Wool fibre was from Freyalyn, “Shallows” at the top and “California” below.  Both at 14wpi, they were the first test of thicker yarn plied … Continue reading →

Will it hatch into a goat kid?  Probably not. I suspect its destiny is to be a beautiful shawl, which will be a lot less noisy on the whole.  This was made on a lovely Thursday afternoon when Amber & … Continue reading →